The 1950s sometimes seem like a tough time to have come of age. The main characters in this one, Effie and Henry, are representations of that time period- newly married and repressed, not knowing much about the world outside their small town, and so young. When they are exposed to a new world of excess, can they ever go back to who they were?
This book isn't going to be for everyone- the amount of sex and infidelity crossed the line into too much, even for me, and I don't think I'm particularly sensitive to that. I understand that they were feeling free to explore and push boundaries in a way they never had before, but it sometimes felt gratuitous. Aside from that, I did enjoy this story, and appreciated the ending, showing how they lived with the repercussions of their honeymoon the rest of their lives.
This book isn't going to be for everyone- the amount of sex and infidelity crossed the line into too much, even for me, and I don't think I'm particularly sensitive to that. I understand that they were feeling free to explore and push boundaries in a way they never had before, but it sometimes felt gratuitous. Aside from that, I did enjoy this story, and appreciated the ending, showing how they lived with the repercussions of their honeymoon the rest of their lives.